Internet slang shorthand for 'I just burst out laughing' — the logical successor to LOL for a generation that found LOL too weak. Where LOL became ironically deadpan, ijbol still signals something actually caught you off guard and made you genuinely laugh out loud. Common on Nigerian Twitter and Black Twitter before spreading broadly, it carries a warmth and expressiveness that generic laugh acronyms often lack.
That reply had me ijbol — I had to put my phone down for a second.
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To burst out laughing.
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Viral internet speak — memes, ratios, main-character moments, and the algospeak of every platform from Twitter to Reddit to TikTok comment sections.
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